French Troops Fighting Along U.S.-Backed Kurdish Forces Against ISIS in Syria's Deir az-Zour

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The French army on Saturday launched six batteries of artillery in Deir az-Zour, northeastern Syria, suggesting they are fighting alongside the US-backed Kurdish-majority Syrian Demoncratic Forces (SDF) against the Islamic State (IS) group in the troubled province.

Sources close to the SDF said that troops launched the artillery from the village of al-Baghouz Fawqani which they had seized a week earlier from IS control.

French forces in Syria are currently deployed in Manbij, Hasakah, Ayn Issa and Raqqa, alongside the SDF.

On Friday, a French military delegation visited a site west of Raqqa in northeast of Syria, reportedly with the aim of setting up a security camp in the area.

Raqqa, once the de facto capital of the IS "caliphate", was liberated from the group in October 2017.

Local sources said that French soldiers came from Manbij and will assist with the training of local intelligence officers.

French troops were originally deployed in northern Syria on April 4 to the US base in Manbij, and reportedly intend to establish their own military base in the region.

Earlier this month, the US-backed SDF resumed their offensive to seize remaining parts of Deir az-Zour controlled by Islamic State militants.



The army had paused the battle after Turkey launched an offensive in January against the Kurdish Afrin region in northwestern Syria.

Syrian fighters, backed by US airstrikes and troops, have dealt heavy blows to IS but the militants still hold a swathe of land along the desert frontier with Iraq. As they lose more territory of their self-proclaimed "caliphate", militants are expected to revert to guerrilla tactics.

As a result of the pause in the offensive, IS stepped up attacks in the region over recent weeks.

https://www.albawaba.com/news/frenc...rces-against-isis-syrias-deir-az-zour-1133910

 

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[UKBengali]

Has ISIS got the distinction of being the only group that everyone in the world has united to fight against?

 

[Yaseen1]

i thing they are fighting together with isis and supporting them

 

[airmarshal]

So the idea is to break up Syria.

These western powers are not fighting ISIS. They are using this as an excuse to invade and occupy a sovereign country, create a buffer zone and use its allied terrorists to consolidate the territory under their control.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

i thing they are fighting together with isis and supporting them

That is probably because You are a moron, and have a worm eating up your brain.
Might be other less likely explanations though.

 

[GiannKall]

I am waiting for "we defeated them but we must stay because ISIS will reemerge".

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Has ISIS got the distinction of being the only group that everyone in the world has united to fight against?

Everybody except the Russians. Those morons allowed ISIS to have free reign since they figured they’d fight the Eastern flank of the rebel groups so they ignored them (probably supported them actually) until things got out of control.

 

[Yaseen1]

That is probably because You are a moron, and have a worm eating up your brain.
Might be other less likely explanations though.

when russia forces are enough and are effeciently fighting isis then french and u.s presence mean they have other bad designs as they are
not needed for fighting isis

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

when russia forces are enough and are effeciently fighting isis then french and u.s presence mean they have other bad designs as they are
not needed for fighting isis

Do not forget to start a thread when Russia starts to prioritize fighting ISIS, instead of defending Assad. I am sure that people would find such a development interesting.